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... Editor of the your paper of last Saturday I see a communication , over the signature of " Many Voters , " in which the candidates who are announced in the " Journal " are called upon to " show their hands . " Agreed . Here's mine .
... Editor of the your paper of last Saturday I see a communication , over the signature of " Many Voters , " in which the candidates who are announced in the " Journal " are called upon to " show their hands . " Agreed . Here's mine .
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If they failed , they were to be called knaves , and fools , and fanatics for a fleeting hour ; then to sink and be forgotten . They succeeded . The experiment is successful , and thousands have won their deathless names in making it so ...
If they failed , they were to be called knaves , and fools , and fanatics for a fleeting hour ; then to sink and be forgotten . They succeeded . The experiment is successful , and thousands have won their deathless names in making it so ...
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I knew she was called an " old maid , " and I felt no doubt of the truth of at least half of the appellation , but now , when I beheld her , I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother ; and this , not from withered features ...
I knew she was called an " old maid , " and I felt no doubt of the truth of at least half of the appellation , but now , when I beheld her , I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother ; and this , not from withered features ...
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My old father used to have a saying that “ If you make a bad bargain , hug it all the tighter " ; and it occurs to me that if the bargain you have just closed can possibly be called a bad one , it is certainly the most pleasant one for ...
My old father used to have a saying that “ If you make a bad bargain , hug it all the tighter " ; and it occurs to me that if the bargain you have just closed can possibly be called a bad one , it is certainly the most pleasant one for ...
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To say the least , I am not at all displeased with your proposal to publish the poetry , or doggerel , or whatever else it may be called , which I sent you . I consent that it may be done , together with the third canto , which I now ...
To say the least , I am not at all displeased with your proposal to publish the poetry , or doggerel , or whatever else it may be called , which I sent you . I consent that it may be done , together with the third canto , which I now ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... Issue 2 of The unit books The unit books, no.2 |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Publisher | H.W. Bell, 1903 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 399 pages |
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